"Miss Swan. To what do I owe the pleasure?" Mr Gold's voice echoed from the back of the shop. He emerged with a bulky hammer in his hand which he set down on the display case and admired. Emma stood awkwardly in the front of the shop. She held her hands out to her sides with her palms flat and facing the ground. The past day since her meeting with the Snow Queen, her magic had been going haywire and everything she touched got badly burnt. Her hands didn't look any different to her though, which made them all the more dangerous. The thing to fear most is the thing you cannot see.

"I need something from you. A spell to help me control this magic." She said in as controlled a voice as she could manage.

"And why would I want to do that?" Mr Gold asked not unkindly. Emma moved closer to him and was surprised to see him move back a few inches. Perhaps her magic scared even the Dark One now.

"Because today I hurt Henry and I can't let it happen again. I hurt my own son…" Emma choked back a sob and took a deep breath, "I don't want to hurt anyone else." She said determinedly. She didn't know what it was, if it was the fact that Henry's safety had been threatened or simply the desperation etched in the new lines on her face but Gold nodded slightly and moved to get a piece of paper and a small bottle of bright blue liquid out from beneath the register.

"Very well Miss Swan. This spell will help you. It will rid anyone of their light magic if they possess it. But be warned, the effects are permanent." He pointed a ringed finger at her and held the paper just out of her reach.

"You mean I won't have magic anymore? I'll be… Normal?" She almost sighed in relief. She could finally be around her family and not have to pretend not to notice the fear in their eyes when she used her magic. She would never hurt anyone ever again.

"Yes you will be quite normal. You must say the spell and drink the potion for the spell to work. Also, I would do it in a less populated area as ridding the body of magic can get… Well let's just say it can get a bit messy." Gold smiled deviously as Emma thanked him profusely. She grabbed the paper and put the potion in her pocket.

"Thank you." She said sincerely to him. He nodded in reply, his face back to neutral as he picked up a rag and started polishing the counters. Emma ran from the shop and started up her car. She would get to the woods and take the potion immediately. She didn't think she could last another second with all of that pent up magic inside of her just begging to be free.

She parked the car on the edge of the forest and continued her journey on foot. She didn't really know where she was going, she was just looking for an area where no one would come looking. Finally she settled upon a small clearing where she sat on a tree that had long since fallen down. The branches had continued to grow sideways and toward the light, creating mini-trees from the death of this huge oak. From death comes new life, Emma thought. And from the death of her magic, will come the better Emma. The Emma who wouldn't hurt the people she loved just by being near them.

The spell was hard to read and it took her longer than it should have to pronounce the words correctly but finally she felt the familiar sensation of magic filling the air, like the faint buzzing of a swarm of wasps. She could feel her magic inside of her collecting up into a huge ball in the pit of her stomach, ready to be ripped free of her. With one hand, she pushed free the cork that stoppered the liquid and tipped the drink down her throat. It burned like black absinthe going down and left her eyes streaming and her nose running. Her eyes were so clouded by tears that when she took a step forward, she fell hard onto the forest floor. Her whole body shook as the potion trickled its way down her oesophagus and into her stomach where it met her magic and that was when all hell broke loose.

Dun dun DUUUUN! Hope you liked it, this one is to be continued in the next chapter.